Afterlife Blows Up Gensokyo

Chapter 4 God Mother Yasaka Kanako

"Ah... I always feel that the gods born in this era have a very miserable life..."

After the godmother, who was not yet a godmother, left, she put the comic book in her hand aside, and Shi Bai put her hands on her head and looked up at the sky.

At the beginning, he really didn't recognize the other party's identity, and he didn't associate it with Godmother Yasaka Kanako at all. After all, who would have thought that the other party was once a human being?

Yasaka Kanako and Shiya Suwako are the twin gods enshrined by Moriya Shrine in Gensokyo in later generations. Because of the decline of external beliefs, they chose to move into Gensokyo.

It's just that compared with the frog who is an indigenous god, the god mother is not the same in essence.

Hayaya Suwako is the god of 800 million people. She has no basic soul and is composed of pure faith. If faith is completely lacking, she will disappear. She is a god.

As for the god mother, the lack of faith will only reduce her power instead of disappearing, it is for the gods.

——This is the essential difference between the two gods.

Among the undead, the species that are worshiped as gods are called gods, some have become gods during their lifetime, and some become gods after death.

There is no connection between the gods and the 800 million gods. Although they are no longer worshiped by humans, the gods have not died, but their physical existence has disappeared in the world.

This is the difference between gods and gods. One is born purely from human beliefs, while the other is worshiped as a god and becomes a god after death.

But even though this is the case, there are some aspects in common between the two, that is, the source of their strength.

The power of gods and gods comes from the power of belief. The more followers they have, the stronger their power will be, the greater their influence on humans and monsters, and the larger the shrine will be.

But on the contrary, once the faith is reduced, their influence will become negligible, and the shrine will become silent, basically relying on external forces to maintain their own strength.

In this era, there are countless monsters born from the filth, and from the fear of human beings. If they want to survive, human beings can only rely on the protection of the gods.

But although it is said to be a god, in fact, there has always been a saying that there are 800 million gods here, and the pressure of competition can be imagined.

What's more, among the 800 million gods, there are those gods who will bring disasters, and they are actually not much different from monsters.

However, although it is said that gods are rampant, not all human villages or towns can be blessed by gods. In this era, there are actually not a few incidents where weak gods are killed by powerful monsters.

What's more, gods need to rely on human beliefs to survive. If they are completely forgotten by humans, it means the death of that god, so the situation of gods is actually not easy.

Generally speaking, to measure the strength of a god, it is judged according to the number of believers of the other party. Specifically, it is to look at the number of shrines of the other party. This is also the most intuitive way of comparison.

A god who doesn't even have his own shrine to enshrine is definitely not as powerful as those gods who have their own shrines and believers.

The current era is an era of coexistence between humans, monsters, and gods.

"...But so this is faith?"

Stretching out his hand, looking at the ray of pale golden light hovering over his palm, Shibai looked thoughtful.

This belief was obtained from Kanako.

The other party seemed to have recognized his identity as the river god. When he casually threw the desert eagle to her, he had already obtained such a belief from the other party.

The so-called belief, in fact, is probably similar to the incense on the side of the Eastern Shinto. It is an extremely pure and clean power born from the spiritual level, and it can be said to be extremely useful.

Heal diseases and save people, ripen grains, promote the growth of plants, improve physical fitness, remove curses... and so on.

At the same time, according to this belief obtained from Kanako, he can also feel the state of Kanako in a dark way, which is quite a strange thing.

"Even ordinary human beings can become gods as long as they gather most of their faith...Although this process is destined to be extremely difficult."

Shaking his head slightly, Shi Bai casually put this faith in his hand on a dry grass next to the chair, and he didn't care to shake the grass that had become green again, and he put it on again. The comic book on the side was picked up.

"However, if there is a magic stick who pretends to be a ghost and travels into this era, maybe it is really possible to complete a transformation from a human being to a god... So those powerful gods in the later generations are actually some pyramid scheme leaders? For example God Jehovah..."

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"Master River God, I killed that monster!!"

After carefully placing the Desert Eagle in her hand on the table, the girl looked excited.

"That ugly monster wanted people from our village to hand over two sacrifices for it to enjoy, but then I used this artifact..."

She held out her hand in a figurative gesture.

"... Just like this... After a "bang", the monster fell to the ground, touching its chest with an expression of disbelief. Later, people in our village found that the monster was seriously injured, so everyone Have the courage to go up and beat that monster to death!!"

"Ah... What a miserable monster... It's really too miserable."

Picking up the potato chips on the side and stuffing them into his mouth, someone calmly made a comment.

Before, he was forced to stay in the heaven for three years with the Donghuang Bell on his head, and he had died so many times in a row before, so he was inevitably affected.

If he hadn't taken back the lucky star pendant from Houyi's hand later to suppress the situation on his body, he would have fallen into a deep sleep again.

What Siji Yingji said is actually not wrong. He is indeed burdened with unimaginable sins. This is part of the reason why he chose to freeze and fall into a deep sleep before. Xiaoye knows best about his situation and originally wanted to help him. It's just that he forcibly stopped it later.

After all, she can't die anyway... By the way, Hua Shan is alone... Hey, it shouldn't be a problem if she is a ghost, right?

Shi Bai suddenly thought of this, but before he could think about it for too long, the nervous voice from the side interrupted his thinking.

"...Lord River God, can you protect the people in our village?"

"No, it's too troublesome."

Shi Bai refused without even thinking about it.

He is not interested in the gods of the underworld that Heka promised, let alone being a god in a small human village. Is there any benefit to being a god?There is no benefit at all! !

Maybe he would bring himself a divine BUFF, and then be tied up by that older middle-school child, Jin Xixian... If it wasn't for that little lolita Alaya who made trouble, what would I have said back then? It is also possible to...

As if recalling some bad memories, someone's complexion suddenly turned dark.

"...I can persuade the people in the village to build a shrine for Lord River God. Didn't Lord River God say that staying here alone is lonely? Then I can throw an ax by the river every day!!"

Raising her hand, Kanako hastily assured her.

"I promise, when the time comes, the people in the village will throw axes together, and Lord River God will never be lonely again!!!"

"...Are you trying to exhaust me or smash me to death?"

Shibai stared at the sky speechlessly.

"All in all, it's impossible to become a god in your village, but I can give you a little help in dealing with monster attacks... By the way, since your village has never been blessed by gods, then the people in your village What is the reason for people to survive?"

Suddenly thinking of such a question, Shi Bai curiously asked the girl in front of him.

Although the current monsters are basically little monsters born from the filth, and there is no way to compare them with the previous monsters, but everything should be compared with the frame of reference.

No matter how weak the current monsters are, compared with ordinary humans, they are still overwhelmingly powerful.

Those who can fight against monsters, except for the very rare onmyoji priestesses, are only some wandering swordsmen, warriors or monks, but they are only limited to reluctant confrontation.

And humans who can fight against those powerful monsters probably won't exist in a small village.

"... offering sacrifices to the monsters to keep the village alive."

After a moment of silence, the girl spoke with a sad face.

"A village without the protection of gods or the protection of powerful onmyojis can only survive in this way... In the past, our villages regularly offered sacrifices to the most powerful monsters nearby in order to obtain Be safe, if you don't, those monsters will kill and eat everyone in the village."

"...Is it such a harsh living environment?"

Shibai frowned slightly.

"...A few months ago, I was also chosen as a sacrifice to the monsters, but just when I was about to be eaten, the monsters from outside and the monsters here clashed and fought, and I took advantage of the chaos Desperately escaped."

Biting her lip, the girl continued to speak.

"At that time, several monsters were chasing and killing me, and I was seriously injured. I was lucky to run here and get the protection of Lord River God... Those monsters dare not enter here."

"What happened after that? Those monsters didn't retaliate?"

Shibai's brows furrowed even tighter.

"The powerful foreign monster and the strongest local monster died together, so the monsters in this area are currently fighting for the position of the strongest monster, and they are not in the mood to manage our village for the time being."

With her head down, Kanako spoke silently.

"However, a few months is enough for those monsters to argue for a victory. If there is no god to protect our village, the village will fall into the previous situation..."

"The people in your village regard you as a sacrifice to monsters. Even so, you want me to protect them?"

Shi Bai had a noncommittal expression on his face.

"But... isn't this a normal thing?"

Kanako raised her head with some doubts.

"I don't have any power, and I don't have any other value. Isn't it worthwhile to be offered as a sacrifice to monsters in exchange for the temporary peace of the whole village?"

"There is a big problem with your thinking... Tsk... I almost forgot the background of this era..."

Just halfway through the sentence, Shi Bai himself reacted first.

"Is this the only way for the weak without power to survive in this world?"

The girl spoke softly in her mouth.

"So many people who were sacrificed before me can make sacrifices for the village, why can't I? It's just that when death really comes, I still feel afraid..."

"It's right to be scared because that's how a human being reacts."

Glancing at the girl in front of him, Shibai began to speak.

"The way to end this situation is actually very simple. Just unify all the countries and build a brand new country, so that this kind of thing that uses human beings as sacrifices will not happen."

"Building a... unified country?"

Kanako froze suddenly.

"Actually, there should be gods acting now, right? For example, Amaterasu... Wait, I seem to have thought of a big possibility..."

Thoughtfully, he turned his head and glanced at the green grass next to his chair, Shi Bai nodded.

"Forget it, let's ignore those things... I have a question to ask you now, and my next move will depend on your answer."

Snapping his fingers, Tokibaro looked at Kanako in front of him.

"Remember, don't lie in front of the gods, that is the most disgusting behavior of the gods."

"Is there a question... I know, and I will answer it truthfully."

Kanako nodded nervously.

"My question is actually very simple. I gave you a golden apple and a silver apple yesterday, right? So now I want you to tell me, where did the golden and silver apples I gave you yesterday go?"

Looking straight into the other's eyes, Shibai spoke solemnly.